Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.

It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

Men ... are easily induced to believe that in some wonderful manner everybody will become everybody's friend, especially when some one is heard denouncing the …

Who shoots at the mid-day sun, though he be sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure he is he shall shoot higher than who aims but at a bush.

Each generation's job is to question what parents accept on faith, to explore possibilities, and adapt the last generation's system of values for a new age.

By striving to do the impossible, man has always achieved what is possible. Those who have cautiously done no more than they believed possible have never taken…